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Marko slams Vandoorne: "Not quick enough for F1"

Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has hit out at departing McLaren driver Stoffel Vandoorne, saying that the Belgian is not quick enough to be competing in F1 when asked if he'd be offered a Toro Rosso seat. After initially impressing on his debut in 2016, scoring points for McLaren in Bahrain after being flown over from the Super Formula on a very short notice, it's been downhill for Vandoorne. An iffy 2017 campaign was followed up with a very painful 2018-season, which has seen him being out-qualified by his teammate Fernando Alonso all 16 times so far. Vandoorne is the only driver who has yet to beat his teammate in qualifying. When asked if the 26-year-old would be in contention for a...
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